Coffee & Breakfast in the morning is a sweet treat for the soul but a brunch is more…

Dar ce este Brunch-ul?

Pupici :*

She only makes a cheese omelet because there were no more additives in the house but there’s a crazy long list of things you can put in an omelet from different types of meats, to vegetables, and peppers, and mushrooms, etc. It all depends on what’s your fancy.

And my apologies for the darkness of the video. Sometimes, it just happens that way…

For more Omelet Recipes.

What’s the best omelet you ever had?

Some say best day of the week is Sunday. I say everyday can be the best day if we enjoy every bit of it. However, my recent Sunday has been amazing with endless good food. And you know what they say about the most important meal of the day.

I was in Publika’s Bee and I thought it is a better choice of Bee when it comes to the ambience and interior layout. Probably also because they have a more spacious outlet compared to the one in Jaya PJ. The seats are cozy and is pretty suitable for group hangouts with your friends or colleagues, as well as families.

There are also seats for the loners whom doesn’t like being disturbed rather just enjoying their meal and have some quiet time alone for themselves.

Apart from that, there is sunlight for those preferring to get closer to the Mother Nature with plants and pots of greens around them. The outdoor layout is as comfortable as the ones indoor so it really is a simple personal preference.

For those who appreciate art and vintage creativity should check out the displays and accessories they have around the place.

There is this particular thing that got my attention and I am seriously amazed and excited when I found out that it actually still works well. That little TV can still be switched on and with a bit of adjustment from the antenna, we get the local broadcast. I thought that was pretty cool.

But what was more amazing that day was the huge portion they serve for breakfast. Or brunch, since the menu goes on till before dinner time. They aren’t cheap but there is effort done on the menu which I thought deserves a bit of appraisal. First was The Bee Breakfast, which consist of a little of everything a breakfast can have in one plate. Served with freshly squeezed orange juice and a cup of coffee, the meal cost RM 28. The plate consist of 2 eggs done to your preference (poached, fried, scrambled), oven roasted tomatoes, rancheros beans, Italian turkey bacon, smoked chicken and thyme sausages, parmesan- and -sage potato harsh and toasted Rustica bread slices.

Then there is the Ham and Egg Grilled Cheese Sandwich for those liking sandwich and wraps. There is the turkey ham, egg, melted cheddar cheese on a Pain de Mie white bread for RM 14.50. All those were awesomely served with a bit of Arugula on the side.

And the egg lover would find irresistible with the eggs dishes because in Bee’s, it’s not just your regular eggs menu. The Smoked Salmon Scrambled was generously served with lots of Salmon in the scrambled egg. I remember everyone started complaining about the huge portion halfway to finishing the food. For RM 22, the dish had eggs scrambled with Norwegian smoked salmon and cream cheese, with parmesan-and-sage potato hash and bread of the day.

Also, the Portobello mushroom and Swiss gruyere cheese omelette made a fairly great breakfast. Soft omelette filled with portobello mushrooms and bread of the day going at RM 21. Although I think they could be a little more generous with the mushroom and a little bit more stingy with the cooking time for the omellete. Also, it might be a little bland to those gotten too comfortable with stronger palate.

Of course, also on the list today are the Eggs benedict. The breakfast classic with Hollandaise sauce, poached eggs and Italian turkey ham on choice of healthy baked scones or bread of the day sells at RM 19. The things you could do with eggs are just amazing. I thought these breakfast dishes with eggs should have never been costing sky high prices but I guess sometimes we pay for the ambience, services as well as the effort of the chef. And not forgetting valuable companions while dining. I think those great memories are always priceless.

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The Bee buzzes at
32B Level G2,
Publika, Solaris Dutamas,
Jalan Dutamas 1, KL.
Opening times: Mon-Thur, 10am-12midnight; Fri-Sat, 10am-1am; Sun, 10am-4pm
Website: http://www.thebee.com.my/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/TheBeeMY

Egg lovers out there; do consider this place for brunch.
Love, Sycookies

Dan Lepard’s Oatmeal soda bread. Recipe is in Short and Sweet as well as a baking supplement from Guardian published in 2007 (and found in my recipe box the other day). I didn’t have the right oats (‘pinhead’) so used rolled, also used a mix of spelt (150g) and wholemeal (175g) flours and replaced dark brown sugar with muscovado sugar (around a tablespoon so, a little less than given in recipe). Finished bread was a rich warm brown:

Upon having it for late breakfast with bacon and scrambled eggs, beloved said it was the most amazing bread he’s ever eaten.

Back to study now

Have eaten 6 now and having a pause. Might have more in a bit. Definitely making these again. Found recipe in box full of old magazine recipes I’ve kept over the years, came from a 2001 Sainsbury’s mag.

Don’t have a good close up pic, took pics as I was making them, which wasn’t really the best idea but never mind that now.

2. Church service.

3. Dread Monday.

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To wish for one more day-

To keep that Monday morning away.

Made brioche, lovely and fluffy and surprisingly easy. Had it for very late breakfast with cream cheese and smoked salmon:

Recipe from Ottolenghi book (the first one).

The lovely Jessica, a Lavendar Blue Brahma

We were up late today. I know – no surprise there! As regular blog-readers will know, it’s become a sort of tradition that – being a Sunday – we get up late having caught up on the week’s papers while snuggled in bed.

But this Sunday is a little different because it’s Valentines day. Well… not *really*, but it’s the day before and it’s the time Hubbs and I will have together before he goes back to work.

“Fancy a cup of tea?” Hubbs says

“Oooh yes. Let me see to the animals and I’ll meet you downstairs for breakkie in thirty.” Says I.

“Yep.” He says, and rolls over.

I shuffle off downstairs and put the oven on to warm up. I have a nice breakfast planned but first I need to make sure the animals are all fed, watered and well.

Pearl, our Platinum Pencil Brahma

I let all of the birds out and sort each of the houses out with fresh water, layers pellets, plus a few tasty treats (stale, soaked cinnamon bread, grapes and meal worms). Then I feed the dogs, the cats, scatter feed for the fish and put out seed for the wild birds.

I nip indoors to put the rolls in the (now) hot oven and look around for that promised cup of tea. It’s been closer to an hour than the promised thirty minutes, so I anticipate having to make a new cup anyway.

“Hubbs…?” I call as I wander through the kitchen and into the lounge. No sign of tea. Maybe he got upset and poured the cold cup away! I put the kettle on for a fresh brew.

“HUBBS?” as I walk up the stairs to the bedroom. Oh dear. Have I really upset him by standing him up on our Valentines tea date?

“…”

A sheet-creased and sleep-puffy Hubbs pulls his head up from the pillow with a start.

“*mumble* Tea *mumble* Shall I put the kettle on then?” Of course, he just went back to sleep for over an hour!

And, sometime later, after he’s dragged himself into the shower and walked the dogs and I’ve finished off the laundry and those rolls are burnt to a crisp… We have breakfast. Even though for breakfast it’s way past brunch and well into tea-time territory, I love this. I love these quiet times we have together. It’s better than a day of chocolate and flowers – it’s just me and him having a natter over the toast and marmalade putting the world to rights.

We discuss everything from Egypt to putting up some new fencing. How many eggs are we going to hatch this year? What colour birds?

This is a good time – a peaceful time – we laugh and get on with our day.

1903 - A late breakfast

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It never ceases to amaze me just how helpful people are!  I was very impressed with Chantal Cornelius of Appletree Marketing’s (www.appletreeuk.com) presentation on writing a Marketing plan.  Chantal broke the process down into 9 easy steps and everyone seemed to take lots away from her session.

A “real life” meeting with a Twitter contact (twitter.com/publicityoxford) Catherine Warrilow of Publicity Oxford (http://publicityoxford.wordpress.com/) really proved how relationships can be built through the social networking medium and it was great to hear Catherine’s concise and clear guide to using Twitter.  It must have been a hard seminar to run for Catherine as there was a complete mixture of Twitter experience in the room, from people who had never used it, to those who use it regularly and Catherine managed to have a tip or two for everyone!

It was also great to see the power of Twitter as although this was primarily a local event (I felt like “A Northener”) there was someone who had attended from Leicestershire as he’d hearad about the event via Twitter.

Best go and do some work now – busy day after my day out yesterday!

Wishing you all a fantastic Easter Weekend

Jody

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Today, I got up around noon. I then logged onto FaceBook I saw that Ashley’s status message was “Back from the ER!,” so I rushed up to her room, which is two floors above mine, to find out what had happened. When I got there, she was of course in her usual chipper mood, although very tired, and overcome by the past few days worth of events that have transpired, I presume. I just hope she gets better real soon. She had to go to the Emergency Room of the local hospital because during the night her throat had closed up due to her current bout with mononucleosis. She had to call security at an early time to come and get her to take her over there. I then stayed with her for a little bit, hugging her, and trying in vain to make her better with my healthy glow of veganism(joking). Ashley was going to see her aunt, a folk music musician, which I had planned on doing, but she took a long nap for the time being. I went over to the Dining Hall to get some stuff to eat, as it was around noon when I woke up. I had a bagel spread with peanut butter and grape jelly. There is only two choices of jelly out here, grape and strawberry. The strawberry looks disgusting, so I stick with the grape. To my surprise, the peanut butter is actually edible. I also ate two bowls of Apple Jacks and one bowl of Cap’n Crunch with the Berries, or whatever it is called. Apple Jacks are actually one of my more favorite cereals.

After breakfast, I fretted about doing my laundry, but decided to do it because it will just keep piling up. I thought that the laundry room was going to be packed, yet to my surprise it was not. I fit everything into two washers, colors and white seperated of course. The wash cycle takes 27 minutes to complete, so I brought my laptop down to the Asbury Hall lounge area which is conveniantly located right outside of the laundry room and listened to the band The Holy Mountain. When the wash cycle was done, I put the clothes into the two remaining dryers, and went back into the desolate and dark lounge and watched cowboy movies on the large screen TV. The movie was quite good.

I then went back to my room and lounged for a while, and at around 4:30 went up to Ashley’s room to see how she was coming along. She was up and ready to go see her aunt. I had intended to go, but due to a stomach disturbance, I was a dick and backed out. She, thankfully, was going with some other people. This was after I had had supper, and it could have been due to the large quantity of food I ate. Supper consisted of chinese noodle stirfry, brown rice, and brocolli. I also had a cup of applesauce.

When I got back to my room, I partook in my daily ritual of watching Office episodes. I watched maybe 5 or six, when I saw that Ashley signed on and sent me a message. I went to her room to converse about how her aunt had done. The entire spiel had gone over apparently. Ashley seemed much healthier. Her aunt had given her some type of vitamin C antidote, and some kind of zinc concoction. These things will hopefully lead to her getting back into decent physical condition. We hung out for a while, had a very interesting, and at some points revolting, talk on our recent histories. Ashley had to go to sleep, because her aunt will be visiting her on campus on Sunday, as family member tend to do.

I did not see Joe for much of the day. I guess he took part in some activities. On Sunday, I plan on studying and doing homework. Saturday almost seemed like a waste of a day.